Vortex Dynamics by P G Saffman

Vortex Dynamics by P G Saffman

The discovery of coherent structures in turbulence has fostered the hope that the study of vortices will lead to models and an understanding of turbulent flow, thereby solving or at least making less mysterious one of the great unsolved problems of classical physics. Vortex dynamics is a natural paradigm for the field of chaotic motion and modern dynamical system theory. The emphasis in this monograph is on the classical theory of inviscid incompressible fluids containing finite regions of vorticity. The effects of viscosity, compressibility, inhomogeneity and stratification are enormously important in many fields of application, from hypersonic flight to global environmental fluid mechanics. However, this volume focuses on those aspects of fluid motion which are primarily controlled by the vorticity and are such that the effects of the other fluid properties are secondary.

'.. a major contribution to the literature of physical and mathematical vortex dynamics.' Science

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ISBN 13	9780521420587
ISBN 10	052142058X
Title	Vortex Dynamics
Author	P G Saffman
Series	Cambridge Monographs On Mechanics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1993-01-29
Number of pages	325
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